Cuba stamps out mother-to-child HIV

Cuba successfully eliminates mother-to-child transmission of both HIV and syphilis, the World Health Organisation (WHO) says.
1 July 2015

Head neck cancer in Bangladesh

Bangladesh is advancing fast in the horizon of head, neck and thyroid diseases. Cancer specialties of these regions are becoming much more important as head, neck and
27 June 2015

Dealing with congenital anomalies

Congenital anomalies are important causes of childhood death, chronic illness and disability.
16 May 2015

Hirsutism may be a sign of serious medical condition

Hirsutism or frazonism is the excessive hairiness on women in those parts of the body where terminal hair does not normally occur or
16 May 2015

Prenatal diagnosis and Thalassaemia

Thalassaemia is the most common congenital disorder in Bangladesh. Treatment facilities are limited due to high cost of drugs and
21 March 2015

Dementia: a global public health challenge

Dementia is a syndrome, usually of a chronic or progressive nature, caused by a variety of brain illnesses that affect memory,
14 March 2015

Health Bulletin

A radical new approach to vaccination seems to completely protect monkeys from HIV, US scientists report.
21 February 2015